zoroastrianism project Flashcards
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history 1
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Zoroastrianism was founded by an iranian prophet in the sixth century bce
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history 2
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at the age of 30 while partaking in a pagan ritual, a hur a mazda appeared to zarathustra in a vision telling him to bring all the polytheistic believers in persia into a monotheistic faith.
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history 3
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Up until muslims conquered persia, zoroastrianism dominated the persian empires of par thi an and sass a neon.
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history 4
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due to persecution, many zoroastrians fled to iran and india.
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history 5
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today, the number of practicing zoroastrians are around one hundred forty thousand and are primarily in india and iran